Black Novel Week and ´Out on the town´ with the English

Last week in the Cultural Center, there was a week long program (in Spanish) about the reading and writing of Black Novel literature. Not only did it seem interesting to me, but I thought it might help me with my Spanish. At the end of every session we ended the night with a movie, one of which I highly recommend called The Perfume. Excellent movie, and Ive heard the actual novel is better. Also  Death by Murderwas pretty funny. I had to do some creative writing in Spanish, which was pretty…interesting. Doubt that I will be writing any day soon any Black novel, but at least I have a better understanding of one if some day I am feeling particularly morbid. For now, i prefer to enjoy them and leave the creating to someone else.

Right now I am INCREDIBLY stoked for the new Indiana Jonesto come out in the theaters. Only two more days! I am looking desperately to fine a cinema that will release it in English, not that I couldn’t watch it in Spanish, I have seen plenty of movies in all Spanish by now, its just that the original will be so much better that will those annoying dubbed voices. I cant bear to watch Harrison Ford´s amazing talent be watered down by some faceless Spaniard.

Saturday was the birthday of my English friend, Laura. She rented out a bar and there was free food and ´open bar´, at least for the first 100 euros. Yeah, that lasted about five minutes (you should see the English drink, they are like thirsty little fishies). It was great fun, there was a great DJ and we danced to Queen and took trivia quizzes and chatted it up in English. I was popular there because everyone knew me as ´the American girl´. After the bar party was over, we went ´out on the town´ to Las Veronicas, made random friends, exchanged random contacts which I will never bother to call/email, and danced the night away.

School ends this Friday and I am dying for America. I still have two months left of the exchange and a part of wants it to be over, but another part of me doesn’t want to go home. I hope these next two months fly by.  I have really been feeling sad lately.